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Ambrose KR, Huffman KF, Odom EL, Foster AL, Turkas N, Callahan LF. A public health approach to osteoarthritis in the United States. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. Published online December 21, 2023. DOI:10.1016/j.joca.2023.12.004

Brady TJ, Brick M, Berktold J, Sonnefeld J, Gaddes R, Bartenfeld T. Expanding the reach of evidence-based self-management education and physical activity interventions: Results of a cross-site evaluation of state health departments. Health Promot Pract. 2016;17(6):871-879. doi: 10.1177/1524839916652844. abstract

Cisternas MG, MGC Data Svcs, Murphy L, Croft JB, Helmick CG. Racial disparities in total knee replacement among Medicare enrollees — United States, 2000–2006. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009;58(6):134-138. PubMed PMID: 19229164. html [PDF-1.3Mb]. Republished in JAMA. 2009;302(14):1525-1526.

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Duca LM, Helmick CG, Barbour KE, Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Boring MA, Theis KA, Odom EL, Liu Y, Croft JB. Self-Management Education Class Attendance and Health Care Provider Counseling for Physical Activity Among Adults with Arthritis – United States, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Oct 22;70(42):1466-1471. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7042a2. PMID: 34673750.

Fallon EA, Boring MA, Foster AL, et al. Prevalence of Diagnosed Arthritis — United States, 2019–2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023;72:1101–1107. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7241a1

Fallon EA, Boring MA, Foster AL, Stowe EW, Lites TD, Allen KD. Arthritis Prevalence Among Veterans – United States, 2017–2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023;72(45):1209–1216. Published 2023 Nov 10. DOI:10.15585/mmwr.mm7245a1

Fallon EA, Brown DR, Callahan LF, et al. Stepping Up Counseling and Referral to Effective Physical Activity Interventions for Adults With Osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol. 2024;51(2):209–212. Published 2024 Feb 1. DOI:10.3899/jrheum.2023-0693

Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Brady TJ. A public health approach to addressing arthritis in older adults: the most common cause of disability. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(3):426-433. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2011.300423. PubMed: PMID: 22390506; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3487631. abstract

Lites TD, Foster AL, Boring MA, Fallon EA, Odom EL, Seth P. Arthritis Among Children and Adolescents Aged <18 Years — United States, 2017–2021. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2023;72:788–792. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7229a3

Lubar D, White PH, Callahan LF, et al. A national public health agenda for osteoarthritis 2010. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010;39(5):323-326. doi:10.1016/j.semarthit.2010.02.002. PubMed PMID: 20307725. abstract

Murphy L, Hawker GA, Odom E, Helmick CG. To what degree is the rise in US total knee replacement rates attributable to aging of the population? Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(Suppl 10):882.

Rao JK, Hootman JM. Prevention research and rheumatic disease. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2004;16(2):119-124. PubMed PMID: 14770096. abstract

Sacks JJ, Sniezek JE. Targeting arthritis: the nation’s leading cause of disability. In: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Promising Practices in Chronic Disease Prevention and Control: A Public Health Framework for Action. Atlanta, GA: Dept. of Health and Human Services. 2003;(5):1-19.

Wise A, Boring MA, Odom EL, Foster AL, Guglielmo D, Master H, Croft JB. Racial/ethnic differences in prevalence of arthritis, severe joint pain, and receipt of provider counseling about physical activity for arthritis among adults aged ≥18 years—United States, 2019. Arthritis Care Res. 2024;ja. DOI:10.1002/acr.25316

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Clinical Care

Allen KD, Golightly YM, Callahan LF, et al. Race and sex differences in willingness to undergo total joint replacement: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014;66(8):1193-1202. doi:10.1002/acr.22295. PubMed PMID: 24470235; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4207433.

Allen KD, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, et al. Racial differences in self-reported pain and function among individuals with radiographic hip and knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(9):1132-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.03.003. PubMed PMID: 193217733; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2731003. abstract

Allen KD, Renner JB, DeVellis B, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Osteoarthritis and sleep: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheum. 2008;35(6):1102-1107. PubMed PMID: 18484690. abstract

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Hootman JM, Langmaid G. Adults who have never seen a health-care provider for chronic joint symptoms—United States, 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(18):416-419. PubMed PMID: 12807091.html [PDF-458KB]. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(25):590-592.

Callahan LF, Wiley-Exley EK, Mielenz TJ, et al. Use of complementary and alternative medicine among patients with arthritis. Prev Chronic Dis. 2009;6(2):A44. PubMed PMID: 19288987; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2687850. html [PDF-961KB]

Cheng YJ, Imperatore G, Caspersen CJ, et al. Prevalence of diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation among adults with and without diagnosed diabetes—United States, 2008–2010. Diabetes Care. 2012;35(8):1686-1691. PubMed: PMID: 22688544; PMICD: PMC3402271. abstract

Elliott AL, Kraus VB, Renner JB, et al. Joint-specific hand symptoms and self-reported and performance-based functional status in African-Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007;66(12):1622-1626. PubMed PMID: 17504840; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2095306. abstract

Golightly Y, Allen KD, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Symptoms of the knee and hip in individuals with and without limb length inequality. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2009;17(5):596-600. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.11.005. PubMed PMID: 19095470; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4082183. abstract

Guglielmo D, Theis KA, Murphy LB, Boring MA, Helmick CG, Omura JD, Odom EL, Duca LM, Croft JB. Physical Activity Types and Programs Recommended by Primary Care Providers Treating Adults With Arthritis, DocStyles 2018. Prev Chronic Dis. 2021 Oct 14;18:E92. doi: 10.5888/pcd18.210194. PMID: 34648422; PMCID: PMC8522501.

Helmick CG, Brady TJ. Impact of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions on the health-care system—United States, 1997. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48(17):349-353. PubMed PMID 10363958. html [PDF-237KB]. Republished in JAMA. 1999;281(23):2177-2178. PubMed PMID: 10376555.

Lethbridge-Cejku M, Helmick CG, Popovic J. Hospitalizations for arthritis and other rheumatic conditions: data from the 1997 National Hospital Discharge Survey. Med Care. 2003;41(12):1367-1373. PubMed PMID: 14668669. abstract

Murphy LB, Theis KA, Brady TJ, Sacks JJ. Supporting self-management education for arthritis: Evidence from the Arthritis Conditions and Health Effects Survey on the influential role of health care providers. Chronic Illn. 2021 Sep;17(3):217-231. doi: 10.1177/1742395319869431. Epub 2019 Aug 31. PMID: 31475576.

Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Renner JB, et al. Differences in multi-joint symptomatic osteoarthritis phenotypes by race and sex: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(2):373-377.doi:10.1002/art.37775. PubMed PMID: 23359309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3558926. abstract

Nelson AE, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, et al. Differences in multi-joint radiographic osteoarthritis phenotypes among African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(12):3843-3852. doi: 10.1002/art.30610. PubMed PMID: 22020742; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3227756. abstract

Rao JK, Callahan LF, Helmick CG. Characteristics of persons with self-reported arthritis and other rheumatic conditions who do not see a doctor. J Rheumatol. 1997;24(1):169-173. PubMed PMID: 9002029. abstract

Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Luo YH, Ilowite NT, Bowyer S. Prevalence of and annual ambulatory health care visits for pediatric arthritis and other rheumatologic conditions in the United States in 2001–2004. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57(8):1439-1445. PubMed PMID: 18050185. abstract

Sacks JJ, Luo YH, Helmick CG. Prevalence of specific types of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the ambulatory health care system in the United States, 2001–2005. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010;62(4):460-464. doi: 10.1002/acr.20041. PubMed PMID: 20391499. abstract

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Complementary & Alternative Therapies

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Hootman JM, Langmaid G. Adults who have never seen a health-care provider for chronic joint symptoms—United States, 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(18):416-419. PubMed PMID: 12807091. html [PDF-458KB]. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(25):590-592.

England BR, Smith BJ, Baker NA, et al. 2022 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for Exercise, Rehabilitation, Diet, and Additional Integrative Interventions for Rheumatoid Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 May 25. doi: 10.1002/acr.25117. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37227116.

Herman CJ, Allen P, Hunt WC, Prasad A, Brady TJ. Use of complementary therapies among primary care clinic patients with arthritis. Prev Chronic Dis. 2004;1(4):A12. PubMed PMID: 15670444; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1277952. html [PDF-428KB]

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Comorbidity

Alvarez C, Cleveland RJ, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Murphy LB, Jordan JM, Callahan LF, Golightly YM, Nelson AE. Comorbid conditions and the transition among states of hip osteoarthritis and symptoms in a community-based study: a multi-state time-to-event model approach. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Jan 20; 22(1):12. html

Barbour KE, Moss S, Croft JB, et al. Geographic variations in arthritis prevalence, health-related characteristics, and management — United States, 2015. MMWR Surveill Summ. 2018;67(No. SS-4):1–28. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.ss6704a1. html

Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Boring M, Brady TJ. Vital Signs: Prevalence of Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation — United States, 2013–2015. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66:246–253. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6609e1

Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Boring M, et al. Obesity trends among adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis— United States, 2009–2014. Arthritis Care Res. 2017 Feb;69(3):376-383. doi: 10.1002/acr.22958. PubMed PMID: 27332971. abstract

Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Theis KA, et al. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation-United States, 2010–2012. MMWR Morb Mort Wkly Rep. 2013;62(44):869-873. html

Barbour KE, Hootman JM, Murphy LB, Helmick CG. Arthritis as a potential barrier to physical activity among obese adults–United States, 2007 and 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(19):614-618. PubMed PMID: 21597454. html

Bolen J, Hootman J, Helmick CG, et al. Arthritis as a potential barrier to physical activity among adults with diabetes — United States, 2005 and 2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2008;57(18):486-489. PubMed PMID: 18463606. html

Bolen J, Murphy L, Greenlund K, et al. Arthritis as a potential barrier to physical activity among adults with heart disease — United States, 2005 and 2007. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009;58(7):165-169. PubMed PMID: 19247262. html

Cheng YJ, Imperatore G, Caspersen CJ, et al. Prevalence of diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation among adults with and without diagnosed diabetes—United States, 2008–2010. Diabetes Care.2012;35(8):1686-1691. doi: 10.2337/dc12-0046. PubMed: PMID: 22688544; PMICD: PMC3402271. abstract

Jetha A, Theis KA, Boring MA, Murphy LB, Guglielmo D. Depressive Symptoms and the Arthritis-Employment Interface: A Population-Level Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Jan;73(1):65-77. doi: 10.1002/acr.24381. PMID: 32702187.

Murphy L, Brady TJ, Theis KA, Bolen J, White P. Co-morbidity status sways self-management education program preference. Arthritis Rheum. 2009;60(Suppl 10):2030. doi:10.1002/art.27102.

Qin J, Theis KA, Barbour KE, et al. Impact of arthritis and multiple chronic conditions on selected life domains—United States, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64:578-82. html

Sandoval-Rosario M, Nayeri BM, Rascon A, et al. Prevalence of arthritis among adults with prediabetes and arthritis-specific barriers to important interventions for prediabetes — United States, 2009–2016. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67:1238–1241. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6744a4. html

Scherzer ZA, Alvarez C, Renner JB, Murphy LB, Schwartz TA, Jordan JM, Golightly YM, Nelson AE. J Rheumatol. Effects of Comorbid Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Mellitus on Hand Osteoarthritis, Pain, and Functional State Transitions. 2020 Feb 15:jrheum.191075. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.191075. Online ahead of print. J Rheumatol. 2020. PMID: 32062598 htmlexternal icon

Theis KA, Brady TJ, Helmick CG. No One Dies of Old Age Anymore: A Coordinated Approach to Comorbidities and the Rheumatic Diseases. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017;69(1):1-4. DOI: 10.1002/acr.23114

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Cost

Carias C, Chesson HW, Grosse SD, et al. Recommendations of the second panel on cost effectiveness in health and medicine: A reference, not a rule book. Am J Prev Med. 2018;54(4):600-602. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.11.013. PubMed PMID: 29338958.

Cisternas MG, Murphy L, Pasta DJ, Solomon DH, Helmick C. Annual medical care expenditures among US adults with osteoarthritis, 2008 – 2011. Arthritis Rheum. 2014;66(Suppl 10):980. abstract

Cisternas MG, Murphy L, Pasta DJ, Yelin EH, Helmick C. Annual medical care expenditures among US adults with gout, 2005 – 2011. Arthritis Rheum. 2014; 66 (Suppl 10): 888. abstract

Cisternas MG, Murphy L, Pasta DJ, Yelin EH, Helmick C. 2010 Medical care expenditures among US adults with arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(Suppl 10):2909. abstract

Cisternas MG, Murphy LB, Yelin EH, et al. Trends in medical care expenditures of US adults with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions 1997 to 2005. J Rheumatol. 2009;36(11): 2531–2538. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.081068. PubMed PMID: 19797505; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3721311. abstract

Murphy LB, Cisternas MG, Pasta DJ, Helmick CG, Yelin EH. Medical expenditures and earnings losses among US adults with arthritis in 2013. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2018 Jun;70(6):869-876. doi:10.1002/acr.23425. PubMed PMID: 28950426.

Murphy L, Cisternas M, Yelin E, Trupin L, Helmick CG. Update: direct and indirect costs of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions—United States, 1997. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53(18):388-389. PubMed PMID: 15138399. html [PDF-273KB] Republished in JAMA. 2004:291(24):2935-2936.

Murphy L, Helmick CG, Cisternas MG, Yelin EH. Estimating medical costs attributable to osteoarthritis in the US population: comment on the article by Kotlarz, et al. Arthritis Rheum. 2010;62(8):2566-2567. doi: 10.1002/art.27514. PubMed PMID: 20506219. abstract

Murphy LB, Yelin E. Introduction to special issue of best practices in rheumatology: health economics of musculoskeletal diseases. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012;26(5):559-560. doi:10.1016/j.berh.2012.08.009. PubMed PMID: 23218422.

Murphy LB, Yelin E, Theis KA. Compromised access to prescriptions and medical care because of cost among US adults with arthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012;26(5):677-694. doi: 10.1016/j.berh.2012.10.007. PubMed PMID: 23218431. abstract

Trogdon JG, Murphy LB, Khavjou OA, et al. Costs of Chronic Diseases at the State Level: The Chronic Disease Cost Calculator. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015;12:E140. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd12.150131

Wang G, Helmick CG, Macera CA, Zhang P, Pratt M. Inactivity-associated medical costs among U.S. adults with arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2001;45(5):439-445. PubMed PMID: 11642643. abstract

Yelin E, Cisternas M, Foreman A, et al. National and state medical expenditures and lost earnings attributable to arthritis and other rheumatic conditions — United States, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(1):4-7. PubMed PMID: 17218935; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2925691. html [PDF-306KB]. Republished in JAMA. 2007;297(15):1649-1650. doi:10.1001/jama.297.15.1649.

Yelin E, Cisternas M, Pasta DJ, et al. Medical care expenditures and earnings losses of persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States in 1997: Total and incremental estimates. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;50(7):2317-2326. PubMed PMID: 15248233. abstract

Yelin E, Murphy L, Cisternas MG, et al. Medical care expenditures and earnings losses among persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in 2003, and comparisons with 1997. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;56(5):1397-1407. PubMed PMID: 17469096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2925686. abstract

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Epidemiology

Abell JE, Hootman JM, Helmick CG. Prevalence and impact of arthritis among nursing home residents. Ann Rheum Dis. 2004;63(5):591-594. PubMed PMID: 15082494; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1755004. abstract

Allen KD, Chen JC, Callahan LF, et al. Associations of occupational tasks with knee and hip osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2010;37(4):842-850. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.090302. PubMed PMID: 201569551; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4051278. abstract

Baker NA, Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Zack MM, Al snih S. Arthritis and cognitive impairment in older adults. Rheumatology International. 2017 June 37(6): 955-961. doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3698-1.

Baker NA, Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Zack MM, Al snih S. Associations Between Arthritis and Change in Physical Function in U.S. Retirees. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2017 Jan;72(1):127-133. PubMed PMID: 27121962.

Barbour KE, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, et al. Bone mineral density and the risk of hip and knee osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Dec;69:1863-1870. doi: 10.1002/acr.23211. PMID: 28129489.

Barbour KE, Boring M, Helmick CG, Murphy LB, Qin J. Prevalence of Severe Joint Pain Among Adults with Doctor-Diagnosed Arthritis — United States, 2002–2014. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016 October 7; 65(39);1052–1056. html

Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Boring M, Zhang X, Lu H, Holt JB. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis at state and county levels — United States, 2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2016;65:489–494. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6519a2.

Barbour KE, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, et al. Meeting physical activity guidelines and the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis: a population‐based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014;66(1):139-146. doi:10.1002/acr.22120. PubMed PMID: 23983187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4309362. abstract

Barbour KE, Lui LY, Nevitt MC, et al. Hip osteoarthritis and the risk of all‐cause and disease‐specific mortality in older women: Population‐based cohort study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015. doi: 10.1002/art.39113. PubMed PMID: 25778744. abstract

Barbour KE, Sagawa N, Boudreau RM, et al. Knee osteoarthritis and the risk of medically treated injurious falls among older adults: the Health ABC study. Arthritis Care Res. 2018 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1002/acr.23725. PubMed PMID: 30133173.

Barbour KE, Stevens JA, Helmick CG, et al. Falls and fall injuries among adults with arthritis—United States, 2012. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(17):379-383. html [PDF-618KB]

Bender B, Perry M, Ramsey F, et al. Prevalence and impact of chronic joint symptoms—seven states, 1996. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1998;47(17):345-351. PubMed PMID: 9627277.html [PDF-235KB] Republished in JAMA. 1998;279(24):1940-1941.

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Gizlice Z, Potter C. Should people who have joint symptoms, but no diagnosis of arthritis from a doctor, be included in surveillance efforts? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011;63(1):150-154. doi: 10.1002/acr.20313. PubMed PMID: 20665738. abstract

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Hootman JM, Langmaid G. Adults who have never seen a health-care provider for chronic joint symptoms—United States, 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(18):416-419. PubMed PMID: 12807091. html [PDF-458KB]. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(25):590-592.

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Langmaid G. Prevalence of self-reported arthritis or chronic joint symptoms among adults—United States, 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2002;51(42):948-950. PubMed PMID: 12437034. html [PDF-236KB]. Republished in JAMA. 2002; 288(24):3103–3104. doi:10.1001/jama.288.24.3103. PubMed PMID: 12495401.

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Langmaid G. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and possible arthritis—30 states, 2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2004;53(18):383-386. PubMed PMID: 15138398. html [PDF-273KB]

Bolen J, Schieb L, Hootman JM, et al. Differences in the prevalence and impact of arthritis among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, National Health Interview Survey, 2002, 2003, and 2006. Prev Chronic Dis. 2010;7(3):A64. PubMed PMID: 20394703, PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2879996. html [PDF-319KB]

Bolen J, Sniezek J, Theis K, et al. Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence and impact of doctor-diagnosed arthritis—United States, 2002. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54(5): 119-123. PubMed PMID: 15703693. html [PDF-285KB]

Bombard JM, Powell KE, Martin LM, Helmick CG, Wilson WH. Validity and reliability of self-reported arthritis, Georgia Senior Centers, 2000-2001. Am J Prev Med. 2005;28(3):251-258. PubMed PMID: 15766612. abstract

Boring MA, Hootman JM, Liu Y, et al. Prevalence of arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation by urban-rural county classification – United States, 2015. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017 May 26; 66(20);527–532. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6620a2. PubMed PMID: 28542117

Callahan LF, Shreffler J, Siaton BC, et al. Limited educational attainment and radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis using data from the Johnston County (North Carolina) Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Res Ther. 2010; 12(2): R46. doi: 10.1186/ar2956. PubMed PMID: 20298606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2888194. abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence and impact of arthritis by race and ethnicity-United States, 1989 –1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996;45(18):373-378. PubMed PMID: 8606687.html [PDF-249KB]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Factors associated with prevalent self-reported arthritis and other rheumatic conditions—United States, 1989 –1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1996;45(23):487-491. PubMed PMID: 8628208. html [PDF-354KB]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence and impact of arthritis among women – United States, 1989 – 1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(17):329-334. Erratum in Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(27):517-518. PubMed PMID: 7715591. html [PDF-333KB]. Republished in JAMA. 1995;273(23):1820.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Arthritis prevalence and activity limitation—United States, 1990. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994;43(24):433-438. html [PDF-364KB]

Cheng YJ, Hootman JM, Murphy LB, Langmaid GA, Helmick CG. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation – United States, 2007–2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2010;59(39):1261-1265. PubMed PMID: 20930703. html [PDF-1.61MB]

Cisternas MG, Murphy L, Sacks JJ, Solomon DH, Pasta DJ, Helmick CG. Alternative methods for defining osteoarthritis and the impact on estimating prevalence in a US population-based survey. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016 May;68(5):574-80. doi: 10.1002/acr.22721. PubMed PMID: 26315529. abstract

Do BT, Murphy L, Helmick CG, et al. Incidence of knee symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(Suppl 10):2508.

Duca LM, Helmick CG, Barbour KE, et al. A review of potential national chronic pain surveillance systems in the United States. J Pain. 2022 Sep;23(9):1492-1509. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2022.02.013. PMID: 35421595; PMCID: PMC9464678.

Freedman M, Hootman JM, Helmick CG. Projected state-specific increases in self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitations—United States, 2005–2030. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(17):423-425. PubMed PMID: 17476205. html [PDF-528KB]. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007; 56(24):608–610. html

Flood TJ, Contreas J, Capwell E; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Current trends prevalence of arthritis—Arizona, Missouri, and Ohio, 1991–1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994; 43(17): 307-309. PubMed PMID: 8159157. html [PDF-363KB]

Golightly YM, Allen KD, Helmick CG, et al. Hazard of incident and progressive knee and hip radiographic osteoarthritis and chronic joint symptoms in individuals with and without limb length inequality. J Rheumatol. 2010;37(10):2133-2140. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091410. PubMed PMID: 20634243; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4077024. abstract

Grubber JM, Callahan LF, Helmick CG, Zack MM, Pollard RA. Prevalence of radiographic hip and knee osteoarthritis by place of residence. J Rheumatol. 1998;25(5):959-963. PubMed PMID: 9598898. abstract

Helmick CG, Felson DT, Lawrence RC, et al. Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part I. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;58(1):15-25. doi: 10.1002/art.23177. PubMed PMID: 18163481. abstract

Helmick CG, Lawrence RC, Pollard RA, et al. Arthritis and other rheumatic conditions: who is affected now, who will be affected later? Arthritis Care Res. 1995;8(4):203-211. PubMed PMID: 8602528. abstract

Hootman JM, Bolen J, Helmick C, Langmaid G. Prevalence of doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation—United States, 2003-2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55(40):1089-1092. html [PDF-590KB] Errata in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55(41):1129. html and MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(3):55. html.

Hootman JM, Helmick CG. Projections of U.S. prevalence of arthritis and associated activity limitations. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;54(1):266-229. PubMed PMID: 16385518. abstract

Hootman JM, Helmick CG. Reply to: Fibromyalgia is Over-diagnosed in the General Population. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016;68(12):3044-3045. html

Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Barbour KE, Theis KA, Boring MA. Updated projected prevalence of self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation among US adults, 2015-2040. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016;68(7):1582-7. doi: 10.1002/art.39692. PubMed PMID: 27015600. abstract

Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Langmaid G. Public health and aging: projected prevalence of self-reported arthritis or chronic joint symptoms among persons aged 65 years—United States, 2005–2030. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(21):489-491. html [PDF-267KB]

Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Schappert SM. Magnitude and characteristics of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions on ambulatory medical care visits, United States, 1997. Arthritis Rheum. 2002;47(6):571-581. PubMed PMID: 12522829. abstract

Hootman JM, Sniezek JE, Helmick CG. Women and arthritis: burden, impact and prevention programs. J Womens Health Gend Based Med. 2002;11(5):407-416. PubMed PMID: 12173574. abstract

Hootman JM, Theis KA, Barbour KE, Paul P, Carlson SA. Leisure Time and Transportation Walking among Adults With and Without Arthritis- United States, 2010. Arthritis Care Res. 2018 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1002/acr.23790. PubMed PMID: 30346654.

Izmirly PM, Buyon JP, Wan I, et al. The incidence and prevalence of primary Sjogren’s syndrome in New York County. Arthritis Care & Research. 2018 Jul 25. [Epub ahead of print] doi.org/10.1002/acr.23707. PubMed PMID: 30044541.

Jackson EMJ, Omura JD, Boring MA, et al. Prevalence and characteristics of arthritis among caregivers – 17 states, 2017 and 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2022 Nov 4;71(44):1389-1395. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7144a1. PMID: 36327155; PMCID: PMC9639441.

Jetha A, Theis KA, Boring M, Barbour KE. Education and Employment Participation in Young Adulthood. What Role Does Arthritis Play? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017;69(10):1582-1589. doi: 10.1002/acr.23175. PMID: 27998027.

Jordan JM, Helmick CG, Renner JB, et al. Prevalence of knee symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2007;34(1):172-180. PubMed PMID: 17216685. abstract

Jordan JM, Helmick CG, Renner JB, et al. Prevalence of hip symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2009;36(4):809-815. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.080677. PubMed PMID: 19286855; PMCID: PMC2957092 abstract

Lawrence RC, Felson DT, Helmick CG, et al. Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and other rheumatic conditions in the United States: Part II. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;58(1):26-35. doi: 10.1002/art.23176. PubMed PMID: 18163497. abstract

Lawrence RC, Helmick CG, Arnett FE, et al. Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States. Arthritis Rheum. 1998;41(5):778-799. PubMed PMID: 9588729. abstract

Lubar D, White PH, Callahan LF, et al. A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis 2010. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010;39(5):323-326. doi:10.1016/j.semarthit.2010.02.002. PubMed PMID: 20307725. abstract

Mili FD, Helmick CG, Zack MM. Prevalence of arthritis: analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 1996–1999. J Rheumatol. 2002;29(9):1981-1988. PubMed PMID: 12233896. abstract

Moss AS, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, et al. Annual Incidence Rates of Hip Symptoms and Three Hip OA Outcomes from a U.S. Population-Based Cohort Study: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthr Cartil. 2016;24(9):1518-27. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2016.04.012. PubMed PMID: 27109873. abstract

Murphy, L. Book Review of Silman AJ, Hochberg MC, eds. Epidemiology of the Rheumatic Diseases. 2^nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2001.

Murphy LB, Brady TJ, Boring MA, et al. Self-management education participation among US adults with arthritis: who’s attending? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017;69(9):1322-1330. doi: 10.1002/acr.23129. PubMed PMID: 27748081.

Murphy LB, Cisternas MG, Greenlund KJ, Giles W, Hannan C, Helmick CG. Defining arthritis for public health surveillance: Methods and estimates in four US population health surveys. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017 Feb;69(3):356-367. doi: 10.1002/acr.22943. PubMed PMID: 27214851. abstract

Murphy L, Helmick CG. The impact of osteoarthritis in the United States: a population-health perspective: a population-based review of the fourth most common cause of hospitalization in U.S. adults. Orthop Nurs. 2012;31(2):85-91. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e31824fcd42. PubMed PMID: 22446800. abstract. Republished in Am J Nurs. 2012;112(3 Suppl 1):S13-S19. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000412646.80054.21. PubMed PMID: 22373741. abstract

Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Allen KD, et al. Arthritis among veterans in United States, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2011, 2012, and 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2014;63(44):999-1003. PMID: 25375071. html [PDF-938KB]

Murphy LB, Hootman JM, Boring MA, et al. Leisure time physical activity among US adults with arthritis, 2008-2015. Am J Prev Med. 2017;53(3):345-354. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.03.017. PubMed PMID: 28601405.

Murphy LB, Moss S, Do BT, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, Barbour KE, Renner J, Kalsbeek W, Jordan JM. Annual Incidence of Knee Symptoms and Four Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care & Research 2016;68(1):55-65. doi: 10.1002/acr.22641. PubMed PMID: 26097226. Abstract

Murphy LB, Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, et al. Arthritis prevalence: which case definition for surveillance? Arthritis & Rheum. 2019;1(1):172-175. doi.:10.1002/art.40733. PubMed PMID: 30251477.

Murphy LB, Sacks JJ, Brady TJ, Hootman JM, Chapman DP. Anxiety and depression among US adults with arthritis: prevalence and correlates. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64(7):968-976. doi: 10.1002/acr.21685. PubMed PMID: 22550055. abstract

Nelson AE, Hu D, Arbeeva L, et al. Point prevalence of hip symptoms, radiographic, and symptomatic OA at five time points: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, 1991-2018. Osteoarthr Cartil Open. 2022 Jun;4(2):100251. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100251. PMID: 36118130; PMCID: PMC9479672.

Nelson AE, Smith JA, Alvarez C, et al. Associations between baseline and longitudinal semiautomated quantitative joint space width at the hip and incident hip osteoarthritis: Data from a community-based cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2022 Dec;74(12):1978-1988. doi: 10.1002/acr.24742. PMID: 34219398; PMCID: PMC8727661.

Qin J, Barbour KE, Murphy LB, et al. Lifetime risk of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Study. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2017;69(6):1204-1212. doi: 10.1002/art.40097. PubMed PMID: 28470947.

Sacks JJ, Harrold LR, Helmick CG, et al. Validation of a surveillance case definition for arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2005; 32(2):340-347. PubMed PMID: 15693097. abstract

Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Langmaid G. Deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, United States, 1979–1998. J Rheumatol. 2004;31(9):1823-1828. PubMed PMID: 15338507. abstract

Shaw KM, Theis KA, Self-Brown S, Roblin DW, Barker L. Chronic Disease Disparities by County Economic Status and Metropolitan Classification, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013. Prev Chronic Dis. 2016;13:160088. doi:10.5888/pcd13.160088. html

Steiner B, Hootman J, Langmaid G, Bolen J, Helmick CG. State prevalence of self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation—United States, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006;55(17):477-481. PubMed PMID: 16675943. html [PDF-512KB]

Theis KA, Helmick CG, Hootman JM. Arthritis burden and impact are greater among U.S. women than men: intervention opportunities. J Women’s Health (Larchmt). 2007;16(4):441-453. PubMed PMID: 17521246. abstract

Theis KA, Helmick CG, Hootman JM, Barbour KE. Physical activity among adults with arthritis. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014;11:E23. doi:10.5888/pcd11.140025. html [PDF-175KB]

Theis KA, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, et al. State-specific prevalence of arthritis-attributable work limitation—United States, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(40):1045-1050. PubMed PMID: 17932480. html [PDF-309KB] Republished in JAMA. 2007;298(19):2255–2256. doi:10.1001/jama.298.19.2255.

Theis KA, Murphy L, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Yelin E. Prevalence and correlates of arthritis-attributable work limitation in the U.S. population among persons ages 18-64: 2002 National Health Interview Survey Data. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57(3):355-363. PubMed PMID: 17394215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2875147. abstract

Theis KA, Sacks J, Brady T. Where have all the patients gone? Profile of US adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis who are not being treated. J Clin Rheumatology. 2018 Sep 18. [Epub ahead of print] doi.org/10.1097/RHU.0000000000000896. PubMed ID: 30234672.

Theis KA, Murphy LB, Guglielmo D, Boring MA, Okoro CA, Duca LM, Helmick CG. Prevalence of Arthritis and Arthritis-Attributable Activity Limitation – United States, 2016-2018. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Oct 8;70(40):1401-1407. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7040a2. PMID: 34618800; PMCID: PMC8519273.

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Incidence

Do BT, Murphy L, Helmick CG, et al. Incidence of hip symptoms and radiographic and symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(Suppl 10):354.

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Interventions

Brady TJ, Jernick SL, Hootman JM, Sniezek JE. Public health interventions for arthritis: expanding the toolbox of evidence-based interventions. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2009;18(12):1905-1917. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2009.1571. PubMed PMID: 20044851. abstract

Brady TJ, Kruger JM, Helmick CG, Callahan LF, Boutaugh ML. Intervention programs for arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. Health Educ Behav. 2003;30(1):44-63. PubMed PMID: 12564667. abstract

Brady TJ, Murphy L. Sorting through the evidence of the Arthritis Self-Management Program and the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: executive summary of the ASMP/CDSMP Meta-analyses. 2011. [PDF-1.2MB]

Brady TJ, Murphy LM, O’Colmain B, et al. A meta-analysis of health status, health behaviors and health are utilization outcomes of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). Prev Chronic Dis. 2013; 10:120112. html pdf [320KB]

Brady TJ, Murphy LB, O’Colmain BJ, Hobson RD. Do Program Implementation Factors or Fidelity Affect Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Programs’ Outcomes? Am J Health Promot. 2017;31(5):422-425. doi: 10.1177/0890117116664704. PubMed PMID: 27597794. abstract

Geoppinger J, Armstrong B, Schwartz T, Ensley D, Brady TJ. Self -management education for persons with arthritis: managing comorbidity and eliminating health disparities. Arthritis Rheum. 2007:57(6):1081-1088. abstract

Kruger JM, Helmick CG, Callahan LF, Haddix AC. Cost-effectiveness of the Arthritis Self-Help Course. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(11):1245-1249. PubMed PMID: 9625404. abstract

Laplante MP; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of leisure-time physical activity among persons with arthritis and other rheumatic conditions—United States, 1990–1991. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1997;46(18):389-393. PubMed PMID: 9157272. html [PDF-241KB]

Murphy LB, Moss S, Do BT, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, Barbour KE, Renner J, Kalsbeek W, Jordan JM. Annual Incidence of Knee Symptoms and Four Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2016;68(1):55-65. doi: 10.1002/acr.22641. PubMed PMID: 26097226. abstract

Singsen BH, Sharp GC, Markenson DM, et al. Progress in chronic disease prevention arthritis program—Missouri. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1988;37(6):85-87. html

Theis KA, Helmick CG, Hootman JM. Arthritis burden and impact are greater among U.S. women than men: intervention opportunities. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007;16(4):441-453. PubMed PMID: 17521246. abstract

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Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project

Abbate LM, Stevens J, Schwartz TA, et al. Anthropometric measures, body composition, body fat distribution, and knee osteoarthritis in women. Obesity.2006;14(7):1274-1278. PubMed PMID: 16899809. abstract

Allen KD, Chen J-C, Callahan LF, et al. Racial differences in knee osteoarthritis pain: potential contribution of occupational and household tasks. J Rheumatol. 2012;39(2):337-344. doi:10.3899/jrheum.110040. PubMed PMID: 22133621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4031236. abstract

Allen KD, Renner JB, DeVellis B, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Osteoarthritis and sleep: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2008;35(6):1102-1107. PubMed PMID: 18484690. abstract

Braga L, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, et al. Differences in radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(12):1554-1561. doi: 0.1016/j.joca.2009.07.011. PubMed PMID: 19735758; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4068024. abstract

DeRoos AJ, Arab L, Renner JB, et al. Serum carotenoids and radiographic knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Public Health Nutr. 2001;4(5):935-942. PubMed PMID: 11784406. abstract

Dragomir AD, Kraus VB, Renner JB, et al. Serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein increases with signs and symptoms of potential pre-radiographic hip and knee pathology. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2002;10(9):687-691. abstract

Elliott A, Kraus VB, Luta G, et al. Serum hyaluronan levels and radiographic knee osteoarthritis in African Americans and Caucasians in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2005;52(1):105-111. PubMed PMID: 15641044. abstract

Golightly Y, Allen KD, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Symptoms of the knee and hip in individuals with and without limb length inequality. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(5):596-600. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2008.11.005. PubMed PMID: 19095470; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4082183. abstract

Golightly YM, Allen KD, Helmick CG, et al. Relationship of limb length inequality with radiographic knee and hip osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2007; 15(7):824-829. PubMed PMID: 17321169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2836720. abstract

Golightly YM, Hannan MT, Shi XA, et al. Association of foot symptoms with self-reported and performance-based measures of physical function: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011;63(5):654-659. doi: 10.1002/acr.20432. PubMed PMID: 21225678; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3092015. abstract

Jordan JM, De Roos AJ, Renner JB, et al. A case-control study of serum tocopherol levels and the alpha- to gamma-tocopherol ratio in radiographic knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(10):968-977. PubMed PMID: 15128609. abstract

Jordan JM, Luta G, Stabler T, et al. Ethnic and sex differences in serum cartilage oligomeric matrix protein: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum 2003;48(3):675-681. PubMed PMID: 12632420. abstract

Kopec JA, Sayre EC, Schwartz TA, et al. Occurrence of radiographic osteoarthritis of the knee and hip among African Americans and Caucasians: a population-based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013;65(6):928-935. doi:10.1002/acr.21924. PubMed PMID: 23281251; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4206562. abstract

Murphy LB, Moss S, Do BT, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, Barbour KE, Renner J, Kalsbeek W, Jordan JM. Annual Incidence of Knee Symptoms and Four Knee Osteoarthritis Outcomes in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care & Research. 2016;68(1):55-65. doi: 10.1002/acr.22641. PubMed PMID: 26097226. abstract

Murphy L, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, et al. risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;59(9):1207-1213. doi: 10.1002/art.24021. PubMed PMID: 18759314. abstract

Nelson AE, Braga L, Renner JB, et al. Characterization of individual radiographic features of hip osteoarthritis in African American and White women and men: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010;62(2):190-197. doi: 10.1002/acr.20067. PubMed PMID: 20191517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2846079. abstract

Nelson AE, Chaudhary S, Kraus VB, et al. Whole blood lead levels are associated with biomarkers of joint tissue metabolism in African American and white men and women: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Environ Res. 2011;111(8):1208-1214. doi: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.08.002. PubMed PMID: 21839992; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3210895. abstract

Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Renner JB, et al. Differences in multi-joint symptomatic osteoarthritis phenotypes by race and sex: The Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2013;65(2):373-377.doi:10.1002/art.37775. PubMed PMID: 23359309; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3558926. abstract

Nelson AE, Shi XA, Schwartz TA, et al. Whole blood lead levels are associated with radiographic and symptomatic knee osteoarthritis: a cross-sectional analysis in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Res Ther. 2011;13:R37. doi: 10.1186/ar3270. PubMed PMID: 21362189; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3132016. abstract

Nelson AE, Golightly YM, Kraus VB, et al. Serum transforming growth factor-beta 1 is not a robust biomarker of incident and progressive radiographic osteoarthritis at the hip and knee: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010;18(6):825-829. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.02.013. PubMed PMID: 20206313; PubMed Central: PMC2873050. abstract

Nelson AE, Braga L, Braga-Baiak A, et al. Static knee alignment measurements among Caucasians and African Americans: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2009;36(9):1987-1990. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.081294. PubMed PMID: 19605676; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2853360. abstract

Nelson AE, Fang F, Shi XA, et al. Failure of serum transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-β1) as a biomarker of radiographic osteoarthritis at the knee and hip: a cross-sectional analysis in the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(6):772-776. doi:10.1016/j.joca.2008.11.010. PubMed PMID: 19091605; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2746496. abstract

Purser JL, Golightly YM, Feng Q, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Association of slower walking speed with incident knee osteoarthritis-related outcomes. Arthritis Care Res. 2012;64(7):1028-1035. doi: 10.1002/acr.21655. PubMed PMID: 22392700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3384768. abstract

Qin J, Barbour KE, Murphy LB, et al. Lifetime risk of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Study. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2017;69(6):1204-1212. doi: 10.1002/art.40097. PubMed PMID: 28470947.

Sayre EC, Jordan JM, Cibere J, et al. Quantifying the association of radiographic osteoarthritis in knee or hip joints with other knees or hips: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2010;37:1260-1265. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091154. PubMed PMID: 20395646. abstract

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Limitations/Disability/Health Related Quality of Life

Abell JE, Hootman JM, Zack MM, Moriarty D, Helmick CG. Physical activity and health-related quality of life among people with arthritis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005;59:380-385. PubMed PMID: 15831686; PubMed Central PMCID: PPMC1733080. abstract

Brault MW, Hootman J, Helmick CG, Theis KA, Armour BS. Prevalence and most common causes of disability among adults, United States, 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2009;58(16):421-426. PubMed PMID: 19407734. html [PDF-1.3Mb]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Health-related quality of life among adults with arthritis–Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 11 states, 1996-1998. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2000; 49(17): 366-369. PubMed PMID: 10821480. html Republished in JAMA. 2000; 283(21):2783-2785. PubMed PMID: 10821480.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Arthritis prevalence and activity limitation—United States, 1990. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1994;43(24):433-438. html [PDF-364KB]

Cheng YJ, Imperatore G, Caspersen CJ, et al. Prevalence of diagnosed arthritis and arthritis-attributable activity limitation among adults with and without diagnosed diabetes—United States, 2008–2010. Diabetes Care. 2012;35(8):1686-1691. doi: 10.2337/dc12-0046PubMed: PMID: 22688544; PMICD: PMC3402271. abstract

Cisternas MG, Murphy LB, Carlson SA. Walking and the 2-year risk of functional decline: An observational study of US adults with arthritis. Prev Med. 2019;119:100-107. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.12.022. PubMed PMID: 30594537.

Duca LM, Helmick CG, Barbour KE, et al. State-specific prevalence of inactivity, self-rated health status, and severe joint pain among adults with arthritis – United States, 2019. Prev Chronic Dis. 2022 Apr 28;19:E23. doi: 10.5888/pcd19.210346. PMID: 35482547; PMCID: PMC9109641.

Dunlop D, Song J, Arnston E, et al. Sedentary time in U.S. older adults associated with disability in activities of daily living independent of physical activity. J Phys Act Health. 2015;12(1):93-101. PubMed PMID: 24510000; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4153790. abstract

Dunlop DD, Song J, Semanik PA, Sharma L, Chang RW. Physical activity levels and functional performance in the osteoarthritis initiative: A graded relationship. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(1):127-136. doi: 10.1002/art.27760. PubMed PMID: 20862681; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3010474. abstract

Furner SE, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Bolen J, Zack MM. Health-related quality of life of U.S. adults with arthritis: analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2003, 2005, and 2007. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011;63(6):788-799. doi:10.1002/acr.20430. PubMed PMID: 21538946. abstract

Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Theis KA, Boring MA, Helmick CG, Watson KB, Duca LM, Odom EL, Liu Y, Croft JB. Walking and Other Common Physical Activities Among Adults with Arthritis – United States, 2019. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2021 Oct 8;70(40):1408-1414. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7040a3. PMID: 34618794; PMCID: PMC8519272.

Havens E, Slabaugh SL, Helmick CG, et al. Comorbid arthritis is associated with lower health-related quality of life in older adults with other chronic conditions, United States, 2013-2014. Prev Chronic Dis. 2017;14:E60. doi: 10.5888/pcd14.160495.

Jetha A, Theis KA, Boring MA, Murphy LB, Guglielmo D. Depressive symptoms and the arthritis-employment interface. A population-level study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2020 Jul 23. [Online ahead of print] doi: 10.1002/acr.24381. PubMed PMID: 32702187. htmlexternal icon

Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Hootman JM, Jones DL. Effects of community-deliverable exercise on pain and physical function in adults with arthritis and other rheumatic diseases: a meta-analysis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011;63(1):79-93. doi:10.1002/acr.20347. PubMed PMID: 20824798. abstract

Kelley GA, Kelley KS, Hootman JM, Jones DL. Exercise and global well-being in community-dwelling adults with fibromyalgia: a systematic review with meta-analysis. BMC Public Health. 2010;10:198. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-10-198. PubMed PMID: 20406476; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2874776. abstract

Mili FD, Helmick CG, Zack MM, Moriarty D. Health-related quality of life among adults reporting arthritis: analysis of data from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, US, 1996–1999. J Rheumatol. 2003;30(1):160-166. PubMed PMID: 12508407. abstract

McNeil JM, Binette J, Bureau of Census, US Department of Commerce; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence of disabilities and associated health conditions among adults—United States, 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001;50(7):120-125. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2001;50(8):149. PubMed PMID: 11393491. html [PDF-708KB]. Republished in JAMA. 2001;285(12):1571-1572. PubMed PMID: 11302137.

Okoro CA, Hootman JM, Strine TW, Balluz L, Mokdad AH. Disability, arthritis, and body weight among adults aged 45 and older. Obes Res. 2004;12(5):854-861. PubMed PMID: 15166307. abstract

Purser JL, Golightly YM, Feng Q, et al. Association of slower walking speed with incident knee osteoarthritis-related outcomes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64(7):1028-1035. doi: 10.1002/acr.21655. PubMed PMID: 22392700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3384768. abstract

Qin J, Theis KA, Barbour KE, Helmick CG, Baker NA, Brady TJ. Impact of arthritis and multiple chronic conditions on selected life domains—United States, 2013. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2015;64:578-82. html

Theis KA, Roblin D, Helmick CG, Luo R. Prevalence and causes of work disability among working-age US adults: 2011-2013, NHIS. Disabil Health J. 2018;11(1):108-115. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2017.04.010. PMID: 28476583.

Theis KA, Murphy L, Hootman JM, Wilkie R. Social participation restriction among US adults with arthritis: a population-based study using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013;65(7):1059-1069. doi: 10.1002/acr.21977. PubMed: PMID: 23401463. abstract

Theis KA, Furner SE. Shut-in? Impact of chronic conditions on community participation restriction among older adults. J Aging Res. 2011;2011:759158. doi:10.4061/2011/759158. PubMed PMID: 21837277; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3151523. abstract

Theis KA, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, Murphy L, Bolen J, Langmaid G, Jones GC. State-specific prevalence of arthritis-attributable work limitation—United States, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2007;56(40):1045-1050. PubMed PMID: 17932480. html [PDF-309KB] Republished in JAMA. 2007;298(19):2255–2256. doi:10.1001/jama.298.19.2255.

Theis KA, Roblin D, Helmick CG, Luo R. Employment exit and entry among US adults with and without arthritis during the Great Recession: a longitudinal study: 2007-2008, NHS/MEPS. WORK. 2018;60:303-318. doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2739. PubMed PMID: 29865104.

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Mental Health

Guglielmo D, Hootman JM, Boring MA, et al. Symptoms of anxiety and depression symptoms among adults with arthritis- United States, 2014-2016. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67(39):1081-1087. doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm6739a2. html

Hootman JM, Cheng WV. Psychological distress and fair/poor health among adults with arthritis: state-specific prevalence and correlates of general health status, United States, 2007. Int J Public Health. 2009;54(Suppl 1):75-83. doi:10.1007/s00038-009-0010-5. PubMed PMID: 19363591. abstract Erratum in Int J Public Health. 2009:54(4):299.

Petrosky E, Harpaz R, Fowler KA, et al. Chronic pain among suicide decedents in 18 U.S. states during 2003 to 2014: findings from the National Violent Death Reporting System. Annals Internal Med. 2018;169:448-455. doi.org/10.7326/M18-0830. PubMed PMID: 30208405.

Strine TW, Hootman JM, Okoro CA, et al. Frequent mental distress status among adults with arthritis age 45 years and older, 2001. Arthritis Rheum. 2004;51(4):533-537. PubMed PMID: 15334424. abstract

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Miscellaneous

Allen KD, Renner JB, DeVellis B, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Osteoarthritis and sleep: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2008;35(6):1102-1107. PubMed PMID: 18484690. abstract

Brady TJ. Measures of self-efficacy: Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (ASES), Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale-8 Item (ASES-8), Children’s Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (CASE), Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSES), Parent’s Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (PASE), and Rheumatoid Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale (RASE). Arthritis Care and Res (Hoboken). 2011;63 (Suppl 11):S473-S485. doi: 10.1002/acr.20567. PubMed PMID: 22588769. abstract

Brady, TJ. The History of the Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals. In: Pisetsky DS, ed. The ACR at 75: A Diamond Jubilee. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell; 2009: 19-26.

Brady TJ. Forty Years of Advances in the Rheumatology Health Professions. In Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Diseases (3rd Edition). Bartlett S (Ed). Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, 2006. Atlanta GA.

Bolen J, Helmick CG, Sacks JJ, Hootman JM, Langmaid G. Adults who have never seen a health-care provider for chronic joint symptoms—United States, 2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(18):416-419. PubMed PMID: 12807091. html [PDF-458KB]. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003;52(25):590-592.

Kucera KL, Lipscomb HJ, Roos KG, Dement JM, Hootman JM. Work-related injury and management strategies among certified athletic trainers. J Athl Train. 2018;53(6):606-618. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-232-17. PubMed PMID: 29897279.

Murphy LB, Cisternas MG, Theis KA, et al. All-Cause Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed: The Outsized Role of Adults With Arthritis Am J Prev Med. 2020 Sept 1. 59(3), 355-356 abstract

Sacks JJ, Harrold LR, Helmick CG, et al. Validation of a surveillance case definition for arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2005; 32(2):340-347. PubMed PMID: 15693097. abstract

Sacks JJ, Helmick CG, Langmaid G. Deaths from arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, United States, 1979–1998. J Rheumatol. 2004;31(9):1823-1828. PubMed PMID: 15338507. abstract

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Osteoarthritis

Abbate LM, Stevens J, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Anthropometric measures, body composition, body fat distribution, and knee osteoarthritis in women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006;14(7):1274-1278. PubMed PMID: 16899809. abstract

Allen KD, Chen JC, Callahan LF, et al. Racial differences in knee osteoarthritis pain: potential contribution of occupational and household tasks. J Rheumatol. 2012;39(2):337-344. doi:10.3899/jrheum.110040. PubMed PMID: 22133621; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4031236. abstract

Allen KD, Renner JB, DeVellis B, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Osteoarthritis and sleep: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. J Rheumatol. 2008;35(6):1102-1107. PubMed PMID: 18484690. abstract

Barbour KE, Lui LY, Nevitt MC, et al. Hip osteoarthritis and the risk of all‐cause and disease‐specific mortality in older women: A population‐based cohort study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015;67(7):1798-805. doi: 10.1002/art.39113. PubMed PMID: 25778744. abstract

Barbour KE, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, et al. Meeting physical activity guidelines and the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis: a population‐based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014;66(1): 139-146.doi:10.1002/acr.22120. PubMed PMID: 23983187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4309362. abstract

Braga L, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, et al. Differences in radiographic features of knee osteoarthritis in African-Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2009;17(12):1554-1561. doi: 0.1016/j.joca.2009.07.011. PubMed PMID: 19735758; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4068024. abstract

Driban JB, Hootman JM, Sitler MR, Harris KP, Cattano NM. Is participation in certain sports associated with knee osteoarthritis? A systematic review. J Athl Train. 2017 Jun 2;52(6):497-506. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-50.2.08. Pubmed PMID: 25574790.

Dunlop DD, Song J, Semanik PA, et al. Objective physical activity measurement in the osteoarthritis initiative: are guidelines being met? Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(11):3372-3382. doi: 10.1002/art.30562. PubMed PMID: 21792835; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3205278. abstract

Felson DT, Lawrence RC, Dieppe PA, et al. Osteoarthritis: new insights. Part 1: the disease and its risk factors. Ann Intern Med. 2000;133(8):635-646. PubMed PMID: 11033593. abstract

Golightly YM, Allen KD, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Salazar A, Jordan JM. Relationship of limb length inequality with radiographic knee and hip osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2007; 15(7):824-829. PubMed PMID: 17321169; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2836720. abstract

Hootman JM, Albohm MJ. Anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention and primary prevention of knee osteoarthritis. J Athl Train. 2012;47(5):589-590. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd9.110166. PubMed PMID: 22420313; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3372974.

Hootman JM, Macera CA, Helmick CG, Blair SN. The influence of physical activity-related joint stress on the risk of self-reported hip/knee osteoarthritis: a new method to quantify physical activity. Prev Med. 2003;36(5):636-644. PubMed PMID: 12689810. abstract

Jones DL, Settipalli S, Goins RT, Goodman JM, Hootman JM. Community readiness for adopting a physical activity program for people with arthritis in West Virginia. Prev Chronic Dis. 2012;9:E70. PubMed: 22420313; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3372974. html pdf [153.03KB]

Lee J, Song J, Hootman JM, et al. Obesity and other modifiable factors for physical inactivity measured by accelerometer in adults with knee osteoarthritis: data from the osteoarthritis initiative (OAI). Arthritis Care Res. 2012;65(1):53-61. doi:10.1002/acr.21754. PubMed: PMID: 22674911; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3449019. abstract

Lubar D, White PH, Callahan LF, et al A National Public Health Agenda for Osteoarthritis 2010. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2010;39(5):323-326. doi:10.1016/j.semarthit.2010.02.002. PubMed PMID: 20307725. abstract

Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, et al. One in four people may develop symptomatic hip osteoarthritis in his or her lifetime. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2010;18(11):1372-1379. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2010.08.005. PubMed PMID: 20713163: PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2998063. abstract

Murphy L, Schwartz TA, Helmick CG, et al. Lifetime risk of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;59(9):1207-1213. doi: 10.1002/art.24021. PubMed PMID: 18759314. abstract

Qin J, Barbour KE, Murphy LB, Baker NA, Helmick CG, Theis KA, Schwartz TA, Renner JB, Nelson AE, Allen KD, Jordan JM, Lifetime risk of symptomatic hand osteoarthritis: The Johnston County Study. Arthritis and Rheumatology. 2017;69(6):1204-1212. doi: 10.1002/art.40097. PubMed PMID: 28470947.

Qin J, Barbour KE, Nevitt MC, et al. Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Risk of Knee Osteoarthritis. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2018;50(2):277-283. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000001433. PubMed PMID: 28976494. abstract

Rogers LQ, Macera CA, Hootman JM, Ainsworth BE, Blair SN. The association between arthritis and type of physical activity classified by joint stress: an analysis of the Cooper Clinic data. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2002;10(8):617-622. PubMed PMID: 12479383. abstract

Sniezek JE, Brady TJ, Marks JS. Osteoarthritis. In: Breslow L, ed. Encyclopedia of Public Health. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference; 2002:876-879.

Song J, Hochberg MC, Chang RW, et al. Racial and ethnic differences in physical activity guidelines attainment among people at high risk of or having knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013;65(2):195-202. doi:10.1002/acr.21803. PubMed: PMID: 22807352; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3502693.abstract

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Pain

Barbour KE, Boring M, Helmick CG, Murphy LB, Qin J. Prevalence of severe joint pain among adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis—United States, 2002–2014. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2016;65(39):1052–1056. html

Dahlhamer J, Lucas J, Zelaya, C, et al. Prevalence of chronic pain and high-impact chronic pain among adults — United States, 2016. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67:1001–1006. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6736a2. html

Falasinnu T, Hossain MB, Weber KA 2nd, et al. The Problem of Pain in the United States: A Population-Based Characterization of Biopsychosocial Correlates of High Impact Chronic Pain Using the National Health Interview Survey. J Pain. 2023 Jun;24(6):1094-1103. doi: 10.1016/j.jpain.2023.03.008. Epub 2023 Mar 24. PMID: 36965649.

Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Boring MA, et al. State-specific severe joint pain and physical inactivity among adults with arthritis—United States, 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2019;68. html

Murphy LB, Cisternas MG, Theis KA, et al. All-Cause Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed: The Outsized Role of Adults With Arthritis Am J Prev Med. 2020 Sept 1. 59(3), 355-356 htmlexternal icon

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Physical Activity

Abell JE, Hootman JM, Zack MM, Moriarty D, Helmick CG. Physical activity and health-related quality of life among people with arthritis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2005;59(5):380-385. PubMed PMID: 15831686; PubMed Central PMCID: PPMC1733080. abstract

Barbour KE, Hootman JM, Helmick CG, et al. Meeting physical activity guidelines and the risk of incident knee osteoarthritis: a population‐based prospective cohort study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2014;66(1): 139-146.doi:10.1002/acr.22120. PubMed PMID: 23983187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4309362. abstract

Brady TJ, Sniezek JE. Implementing the National Arthritis Action Plan: new population-based approaches to increasing physical activity among people with arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2003; 49(3):471-476. PubMed PMID12794806. abstract

Callahan LF, Mielenz T, Freburger J, et al. A randomized controlled trial of the people with arthritis can exercise program: symptoms, function, physical activity, and psychosocial outcomes. Arthritis Rheum. 2008;59(1):92-101. doi:10.1002/art.23239. PubMed PMID: 18163409. abstract

Callahan LF, Cleveland RJ, Shreffler J, et al. Evaluation of active living every day in adults with arthritis. J Phys Act Health.2014;11(2):285-295. doi:10.1123/jpah.2011-0307. PubMed PMID: 23359072. abstract Erratum in J Phys Act Health. 2014. doi:10.1123/JPAH.2014-0352.

Carlson SA, Maynard LM, Fulton JE, Hootman JM, Yoon PW. Physical activity advice to manage chronic conditions for adults with arthritis or hypertension, 2007. Prev Med. 2009;49(2-3):209-212. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.06.017. PubMed PMID: 19573554. abstract

Der Ananian C, Wilcox S, Abbott J, et al. The exercise experience in adults with arthritis. A qualitative approach. Am J Health Behav. 2006:30(6):731-744. PubMed PMID: 17096629. abstract

Dunlop DD, Song J, Semanik PA, Sharma L, Chang RW. Physical activity levels and functional performance in the osteoarthritis initiative: A graded relationship. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(1):127-136. doi:10.1002/art.27760. PubMed PMID: 20862681; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3010474. abstract

Dunlop D, Song J, Arnston E, et al. Sedentary time in U.S. older adults associated with disability in activities of daily living independent of physical activity. J Phys Act Health. 2015:12(1):93-101. doi:10.1123/jpah.2013-0311. PubMed PMID: 24510000; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4153790. abstract

Guglielmo D, Murphy LB, Theis KA, Helmick CG, Omura JD, Odom EL, Croft JB. Physical activity assessment and recommendation for adults with arthritis by primary care providers-DocStyles, 2018. Am J Health Promot. 2021 May;35(4):559-570. doi: 10.1177/0890117120981371. PMID: 33356415.

Hootman JM, Murphy LB, Omura JD, et al. Health care provider counseling for physical activity or exercise among adults with arthritis – United States, 2002 and 2014. Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018 Jan 5;66(5152):1398-1401. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm665152a2. PubMed PMID: 29300722; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5758301.

Hootman JM, Barbour KE, Watson KB, Fulton JE. State-specific prevalence of walking among adults with arthritis — United States, 2011. MMRW Morb Mort Wkly Rep. 2013;62(17):331-334. html

Hootman JM, Barbour KE, Watson KB, Harris C. State-specific prevalence of no leisure-time physical activity among adults with and without doctor-diagnosed arthritis — United States, 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(48):1641-1645. PubMed PMID: 22157882. html

Hootman JM, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Barbour KE. Arthritis as a potential barrier to physical activity among adults with obesity—United States, 2007 and 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(19):614-618. PubMed PMID: 21597454. html [PDF-1.7MB]. Republished in JAMA. 2011; 306(3): 262–264. html

Hootman JM, Macera CA, Ham S, Helmick CG, Sniezek JE. Physical activity levels among the general U.S. adult population and in adults with and without arthritis. Arthritis Rhuem. 2003;9(1):129-135. PubMed PMID: 12579604. abstract

Levy SS, Macera CA, Hootman JM, et al. Evaluation of a multi-component group exercise program for adults with arthritis: Fitness and Exercise for People with Arthritis (FEPA). Disabil Health J. 2012;5(4):305-311. doi: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2012.07.003.PubMed PMID: 23021743. abstract

Macera CA, Hootman JM, Sniezek JE. Major public health benefits of physical activity. Arthritis Rheum. 2003;49(1):122-128. PubMed PMID: 12579603. abstract

Purser JL, Golightly YM, Feng Q, Helmick CG, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Association of slower walking speed with incident knee osteoarthritis-related outcomes. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64(7):1028-1035. doi: 10.1002/acr.21655. PubMed PMID: 22392700; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3384768. abstract

Shih M, Hootman JM, Kruger J, Helmick CG. Physical activity in men and women with arthritis, National Health Interview Survey, 2002. Am J Prev Med. 2006;30(5):385-393. PubMed PMID: 16627126. abstract

Theis KA, Helmick CG, Hootman JM, Barbour KE. Physical activity among adults with arthritis. Prev Chronic Dis. 2014;11:E23. doi:10.5888/pcd11.140025. html [PDF-175KB]

Wang G, Helmick CG, Macera CA, Zhang P, Pratt M. Inactivity-associated medical costs among U.S. adults with arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2001;45(5):439-445. PubMed PMID: 11642643. abstract

Wilcox S, Der Ananian C, Abbott J, et al. Perceived exercise barriers, enablers, and benefits among exercising and nonexercising adults with arthritis: results from a qualitative study. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;55(4):616-627. PubMed PMID: 16874785. abstract

Wilcox S, Der Ananian C, Sharpe PA, Robbins J, Brady T. Correlates of physical activity in persons with arthritis: review and recommendations. J Phys Act Health. 2005;2(2):230-252.

Wilcox S, McClenaghan B, Sharpe PA, et al. The steps to health randomized trial for arthritis: a self-directed exercise versus nutrition control program. Am J Prev Med. 2015;48(1):1-12. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2014.08.006. PubMed PMID: 25441237. abstract

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Public Health Approach

Arthritis Foundation; Association of Territorial Health Officials; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Arthritis Action Plan: A Public Health Strategy. Atlanta, GA: Arthritis Foundation; 1999.

Brady TJ, Sniezek J, Ramsey LA. News from the CDC: scaling up sustainable intervention delivery–lessons learned from the CDC arthritis program. Transl Behav Med. 2012;2(1):3-5. doi:10.1007/s13142-011-0105-4. PubMed PMID: 24073091 abstract

Brady TJ. Moving from identifying to addressing health disparities: a public health perspective. Arthritis Rheum. 2007:57(4):544-546. PubMed PMID: 17471550. abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Arthritis Month — May 1999. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1999;48(17):349. html [PDF-237KB]

Meenan RF, Helmick CG, Callahan LF. The National Arthritis Action Plan: a public health strategy for a looming epidemic. Arthritis Care Res. 1999;12(2):79-81. PubMed PMID: 10513494. abstract

Mehrotra C, Naimi TS, Serdula M, Bolen J, Pearson K. Arthritis, body mass index, and professional advice to lose weight. Am J Prev Med. 2004;27(1):16-21. PubMed PMID: 15212770. abstract

Sniezek JE, Brady TJ, Marks JS. Osteoarthritis. In: Breslow L, ed. Encyclopedia of Public Health. New York, NY: Macmillan Reference; 2002:876-879.

Wilson KM, Brady TJ, Lesesne C, et al. An organizing framework for translation in public health: the Knowledge to Action Framework. Prev Chronic Dis. 2011;8(2). PubMed PMID: 21324260; PubMed Central PMID: PMC3073439. html pdf [390.03KB]

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Race/Ethnicity/Gender

Allen KD, Helmick CG, Schwartz TA, DeVellis RF, Renner JB, Jordan JM. Racial differences in self-reported pain and function among individuals with radiographic hip and knee osteoarthritis: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2009;17(9):1132-1136. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2009.03.003. PubMed PMID: 193217733; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2731003. abstract

Brady TJ. Moving from identifying to addressing health disparities: a public health perspective. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57(4):544-546. PubMed PMID: 17471550. abstract

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Prevalence and impact of arthritis among women – United States, 1989 – 1991. MMRW Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(17):329-334. Erratum in MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 1995;44(27):517-518. PubMed PMID: 7715591. html [PDF-333KB]. Republished in JAMA. 1995;273(23):1820.

Ferucci ED, Johnston JM, Gordon C, Helmick CG, Lim SS. Prevalence of mixed connective tissue disease in a population-based registry of American Indian/Alaska Native people in 2007. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2017;69(8):1271-1275. doi: 10.1002/acr.23135. PMID: 27788293.

Geoppinger J, Armstrong B, Schwartz T, Ensley D, Brady TJ. Self -management education for persons with arthritis: Managing comorbidity and eliminating health disparities. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57(6): 1081-1088. PubMed PMID: 17665471. abstract

Nelson AE, Renner JB, Schwartz TA, Kraus VB, Helmick CG, Jordan JM. Differences in multi-joint radiographic osteoarthritis phenotypes among African Americans and Caucasians: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Rheum. 2011;63(12):3843-3852. doi: 10.1002/art.30610. PubMed PMID: 22020742; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3227756. abstract

Nelson AE, Braga L, Renner JB, et al Characterization of individual radiographic features of hip osteoarthritis in African American and White women and men: the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010;62(2):190-197. doi: 10.1002/acr.20067. PubMed PMID: 20191517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2846079. abstract

Sahyoun NR, Hochberg MC, Helmick CG, Harris T, Pamuk ER. Body mass index, weight change, and incidence of self-reported physician-diagnosed arthritis among women. Am J Public Health. 1999;89(3):391-394. PubMed PMID: 10076492; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1508625. abstract

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Self-Management

Boutaugh ML, Brady TJ. Patient education for self-management. In: Robbins L, Burckhardt CS, Hannan MT, DeHoratius RJ, eds. Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Disease. 2^nd ed. Atlanta, GA: American College of Rheumatology. 2001:155-161.

Brady TJ, Sacks JJ, Terrillion AJ, Colligan EM. Operationalizing surveillance of chronic disease self-management and self-management support. Prev Chronic Dis. 2018;15:170475. doi: 10.5888/pcd15.170475. html

Brady TJ, Anderson L, Kobau R. Chronic Disease Self-Management Support: Public Health Perspectives. Front Public Health. 2015;2:234. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2014.00234. html

Brady TJ, Murphy LM, O’Colmain B, et al. A meta-analysis of health status, health behaviors and health care utilization outcomes of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). Prev Chronic Dis. 2013; 10:120112. doi: 10.5888/pcd10.120112. PubMed PMID: 23327828; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3547675. html pdf [320KB]

Brady TJ. Cost implications of self-management education intervention programmes in arthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2012;26(5):611-625. doi:10.1016/j.berh.2012.09.001. PubMed PMID: 23218426. abstract

Brady TJ. Successful strategies to support self-management in osteoarthritis. Am J Nurs. 2012;112(3 Suppl 1):S54-S60. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000412653.56291.ab. Pubmed: PMID: 222373749. abstract Republished in Orthop Nurs. 2012;31(2):124-130. PubMed: PMID: 22446807. abstract

Brady TJ. Strategies to support self-management in osteoarthritis. Am J Nurs. 2012;112(3 Suppl 1):S54-S60. doi: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000412653.56291.ab. PubMed PMID: 22373749. abstract Republished as Strategies to Support self-management in osteoarthritis: five categories of interventions, including education. Orthrop Nurs. 2012;31(2)124-130. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0b013e31824fcf47. PubMed PMID: 22446807. abstract

Brady TJ. Self-management strategies. In: Klippel J, ed. Primer on the Rheumatic Diseases. 13^th ed. Atlanta, GA: Arthritis Foundation; 2008:614-619.

Brady TJ, and Boutaugh MB. Self-Management Education and Support. In Clinical Care in the Rheumatic Diseases (3rd Edition). Bartlett S (Ed). Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals, 2006. Atlanta GA.

Brady TJ, Sniezek JE, Conn DL. Enhancing patient self-management in clinical practice. Bull Rheum Dis. 2001;49(9):1-4. html

Hootman JM, Langmaid G, Helmick CG, et al. Monitoring progress in arthritis management—United States and 25 states, 2003. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2005;54(19):484-488. PubMed PMID: 15902071. html [PDF-278KB]

Kruger JM, Helmick CG, Callahan LF, Haddix AC. Cost-effectiveness of the Arthritis Self-Help Course. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(11):1245-1249. PubMed PMID: 9625404. abstract

Mills SL, Brady TJ, Jayanthan J, Ziabakhsh S, Sargious PM. Toward consensus on self-management support: the international chronic condition self-management support framework. Health Promot Int. 2017;32(6):942-952. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daw030. PMID: 27242377.

Mills SL, Ziabakhsh S, Brady T, et al. Inter-county consensus building: lessons from developing a chronic condition self-management support framework. Health Promotion Practice. 2018;19:613-620. doi.org/10.1177/1524839917746147. PubMed PMID: 29302992.

Ruiz S, Brady TJ, Glasgow R, Birkel R. Chronic condition self-management surveillance: What is and should be measured? Prev Chronic Dis. 2014;11:130328. doi:10.5888/pcd11.130328. PubMed PMID: 24945239; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4068112. html pdf [758KB]

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Weight

Guglielmo D, Hootman JM, Murphy LB, et al. Health care provider counseling for weight loss among adults with arthritis and overweight or obesity — United States, 2002–2014. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2018;67:485–490. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6717a2. PMID: 29723172. PMCID: PMC5933870. html

Hootman JM, Murphy LB, Helmick CG, Barbour KE. Arthritis as a potential barrier to physical activity among adults with obesity—United States, 2007 and 2009. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2011;60(19):614-618. PubMed PMID: 21597454. html. Republished in JAMA. 2011; 306(3): 262–264. html

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